The Staff Team

Alan Young - Chief Officer
Alan works with local groups, giving help and advice on a whole host of subjects including constitutions, setting up a group, becoming a registered charity, laws and regulations and funding applications (to name a few). As Chief Officer, he also works across South Aberdeenshire area with Shire-wide Partnerships and forums, representing the local community at strategic levels. Alan divides his time between our offices in Banchory and Inverurie and you can email him at: Alan.Young@cvsa.co.uk

Lindsay Allardyce - Information Manager
Lindsay is responsible for the publicising the work of CVSA through the newsletter, website and various information leaflets. She also runs the Grantfinder program that allows local groups to begin the process of researching potential funders for their projects. Lindsay also sends out mailshots to our contacts on a variety of issues including funding, training, events and information concerning the voluntary sector. Contact her at: Lindsay.Allardyce@cvsa.co.uk

Valerie Cameron - Administrator & Information Assistant
Valerie is the first point of contact at the CVSA Banchory office. She will either be able to help you with your query or put you on to someone who can. Valerie provides invaluable support to other members of staff by keeping all our contacts up to date, taking care of all internal administration, helping to organise events, keeping our financial records and supporting the work of the Information Officer. Valerie also processes Disclosure applications on behalf of volunteers in the South Aberdeenshire area and you can email her at: Valerie.Cameron@cvsa.co.uk
or call 01330 829027

Alison Melville - Development Officer
Alison provides groups with development support including constitutions, charitable status, funding applications, business plans, governance, employment law and loads more. Alison covers the central Aberdeenshire area, working mainly from our office in Inverurie, and groups can contact her at: Alison.Melville@cvsa.co.uk or Tel: 01467 629072

Wendy Smith - Database Worker
Wendy is in charge of the CVSA database. Keeping track of Voluntary Sector groups across the whole of central and south Aberdeenshire is no mean feat - but Wendy works on getting them all on our database so that we can provide as much support as we can to as many groups that need it. Wendy is often out and about interviewing groups for the database, but also works from our office in Inverurie. Contact Wendy at Wendy.Smith@cvsa.co.uk or Tel: 01467 629072

Linda Babbs - Development Officer
Linda is our Development Officer for the South Aberdeenshire area and like Alison provides groups with development support. Linda works in our new Stonehaven office where groups are welcome to pop in and see her, or arrange a visit from her. Contact Linda at:
Linda.Babbs@cvsa.co.uk or Tel: 01569 668055

Shonagh Thom - Administrative Assistant
Shonagh is in charge of Admin in our Inverurie office. Not only does she support other staff at CVSA, she can put you in touch with whomever you need to speak to and help your group with their Disclosures if needed. Shonagh is also involved with our new Magpie Project at the Boxroom and Crow's Nest site in Banchory. Shonagh is based in Inverurie and you can call her on 01467 629072 or email: Shonagh.Thom@cvsa.co.uk.

The Boxroom staff
Brenda Larkin - Boxroom Coordinator
plus many committed volunteers
Brenda coordinates running the Boxroom, collecting and selling on second-hand furniture and household goods as well as managing the team of volunteers that help in the shop. The Boxroom is always busy and full of great stock thanks to Brenda and her great team. Visit the shop at Tillybrake Industrial Estate, Banchory or call on 01330 823800.

Renee Joss
Boxroom Assistant & Magpie Project Coordinator
Renee helps Brenda in The Boxroom, collecting and selling goods and reducing the amount of waste going to landfill. Renee also coordinates our new Magpie project at the Banchory Crow's Nest site - urging people using the dump to donate reuseable goods to The Boxroom instead of dumping them.

The Charity Shop staff
Helen Coutts - Shop Convener
plus many committed volunteers
Helen runs the Charity Shop in Bridge Street in Banchory - selling second-hand clothes and household goods. The proceeds from The Charity Shop help us to carry on our work supporting local groups and communities. Helen also coordinates the excellent team of volunteers who help out in the shop. There are always loads of great bargains in the shop - visit them in Bridge Street, or call 01330 825714 if you'd like to volunteer.

Management Committee
On our Committee this year are:
Cllr. Linda Clark, Chair
Norma Makin, Treasurer
Betty Whitelaw, Cllr. Graeme Clark, Alison Mitchell, Ahmed Gedik, Mark Allen
Ian Ramsay, Aberdeenshire Council Representative & Advisor to the Committee
Nicola Kenyon, Advisor to the Committee

The role of the Management Committee is to steer CVS Aberdeenshire - Central & South in the right direction, have direct involvement in the day to day running of the company including full financial management as well as providing a management structure for staff. The Management Committee meet approximately every two months with staff at various venues across the Aberdeenshire area. Everyone on the committee kindly volunteers their time and are dedicated to the future and interests of the company. If you are interested in becoming a member of the CVSA Managment Committee, call us on 01330 825027 or 01467 629072 or email us at mail@cvsa.co.uk.

Aberdeenshire CVS Network
CVS Aberdeenshire - Central & South works closely with the other CVS in Aberdeenshire - Bridge in the North (based in Mintlaw). Together we form the Aberdeenshire CVS Network and jointly manage and run various projects in the Aberdeenshire community. Click on the logo on the right to visit the website.

Bridge
Voluntary Resource Centre
17 South Street, Mintlaw AB42 5EL
Tel: 01771 624787
Maureen Stephen - Chief Officer - maureen@bridgecvs.org.uk
Jacquie Milne - Information Manager - jacquie@bridgecvs.org.uk